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Food and Nutrition Education in Quilombolas Communities With Food Insecurity: Multi-sector Intervention

NCT02489149 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 4

Last updated 2019-04-19

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Summary

To optimize the food security in quilombolas communities with high prevalence of food insecurity and obesity, the present study proposes to test a multi-sector intervention including agriculture sectors, health professionals and family members of communities, based on promotion of traditional food practices, health eating and enforceability of human right to adequate food.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Multi-sector interventions

* Multi-sector interventions to enhance food security: Agricultural interventions are matched with field training for government sectors working with quilombolas communities on best agronomic practices to promote technical assistance for this communities. Stimulate the participation in the Program of Food Acquisition, supporting quilombolas agriculture. * For quilombolas participants: nutritional counseling based on traditional healthy cooking practices, using traditional recipes. * For health professionals: to strengthen food and nutrition actions at all levels of health care. Food and nutritional education training for primary care health professionals. * Helping families to have more knowledge about your citizen rights.

OTHER

Control

Placebo Comparator: Conventional approach of current public food and nutrition policies.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

    collaborator OTHER

  • Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marilda Neutzling, PhD · Post Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

  • Michele Drehmer, PhD · Post Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

  • Daniela Knauth, PhD · Post Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

  • Fernanda Bairros, PhD · Post Graduate Studies Program in Epidemiology. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-03-31
Primary Completion
2016-05-31
Completion
2017-05-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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